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Add Your Own Footnote to History

10:02 | Brad Baldwin | Jun 14th, 2007 10:00am |

Footnote.com has the largest collection of digital images from original source documents on the Web. Through a partnership with the U.S. Government’s National Archives and Records Administration, Footnote is digitizing a vast collection of original documents that have been inaccessible to the masses before now.

But Footnote goes beyond providing access to old records. Building on the Web 2.0 collaboration and sharing model, Footnote offers Story Pages, a place on the Footnote site where users can share their knowledge and research with others. Story Pages lets users write what they know, attach original sources that support their story and invite others to share their insights.

Some of the documents available at Footnote.com include:

Revolutionary War Pension Files

Mathew B. Brady Collection of Civil War Photographs

Papers of the Continental Congress

Southern Claims Commission

Constitutional Convention Records

Civil War Pension Index

Investigative Case Files of the Bureau of Investigation 1908-1922

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